Angie made sure to get refreshed and ready for home, since she didn't want her parents worried about her long absence. She didn't need too many questions, since she didn't trust herself to lie well enough to Mom and Dad. Besides, she hated having to deceive them, and tried to avoid that whenever possible.
However, she found herself amused by her parents' conversation, as she set foot inside her house again. Remembering that she began this day a virgin, she laughed inwardly at how scandalized her mother and father were by the gossip about the neighbors. If they had any idea about her, they would have massive heart attacks at the same time, she thought.
"Do you think that Mr. Dumont knows about his wife's boyfriends? I mean, how could he be ignorant? Why does he put up with her? He's too forgiving, if you ask me. If I caught you with some hussy, I damn sure wouldn't just let it slide," her mom remarked with some degree of contempt.
"Trust me, I know better than that. I just hope that you have no plans of bringing some stud over here, either," Mr. Sloan rejoined.
"Yeah, like I could handle one of those guys. Did you see them? They look like the sort of men who would half-kill me with sex. Besides, I don't see them eating me out half as well. They seem very self-centered. Then again, so is Mrs. Dumont, so they deserve each other," Pamela Sloan noted dismissively.
"Yeah, well, I predict that Allan will snap one day and show up on the news with an Uzi. I know that I would, if I were him. Not that I could find an Uzi, so I would just settle for my daddy's old 12 gauge. Of course, buckshot can do a lot of mayhem, too," her father chuckled.
"Well, this is what my folks discuss when I'm not around! Shotguns and love affairs, of all things," Angie visibly rolled her eyes.
"Well, I wouldn't say that Mrs. Dumont's affairs come from the heart. That would require her to possess one. I have seen no proof to that effect. I half-expect her to bleed ice-water," Miles Sloan derided his neighbor.
"You got a point there, Dad. She's Cruella de Ville come to life," Angie giggled.
"Exactly, pumpkin. Now, how was your friend?" her mom inquired.
"Not too bad. We mostly chatted about boys and window-shopped. I didn't feel like buying anything today. There weren't enough sales. I did have a Blizzard from the DQ, of course. Oreo, naturally," Angie recounted certain parts, though not all by any means.